Sleeping car with a side passage or corridor



June 25,1929.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTON LTI I'NEBUEG, OF NIESKY, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO CHRISTOPH 8c UNMACKAOTIEN-GESELLSCHAF'I, OF NIESKY, GERMANY.

SLEEPING CAR WITH A SIDE PASSAGE OR CORRIDOR.

.AppIication filed September 27, 1927, Serial No. 222,256, and inGermany December 4, 1926.

This invention relates to a sleeping car with a side passage orcorridor, from which access is gained to double compartments eachcontaining four day seats. Its object to arrange, in addition to the dayseats to be converted into sleeping places, upper beds in such a mannerthat each one is closed separately, so that for each passenger therearailable a. closed berth or a berth that can be closed. The arrangementis at the same time made in such a manner as to utilize the car to thefullest possible extent.

For the solution of the problem accord ing to the invention is essentialthe arrai'lgcment between the two day seats of a double compartment oi.one or more completely .in-- dependent rooms each having separate accessfrom the corridor and from the day com partments.

It has already been proposed to arrange within each single compartmentof the first class a smaller con'ipartment, which is ac-- cessrble fromthe corridor in the same man nor as the first-class compartment butwhich is, on the other hand, completely closed with respect to the saidfirst-class compartment.

This arrangement not only represents a considerable reduction of thevolume of the main or first class coi'npartment but also an unfavorableTOPUIlfltlOH. of the interior of these. compartments. The additionalcoinpartments moreover are very small. The known arrangement is not ableto solve the problem contemplated by invention. The room or rooms, whichaccording to the invention shall be arranged between the day seats ofeach two double compartments may be arranged in a different manner.

l irstly, the arrangement may be in the form oil? a. separate anteroomwhich represents, so to say, an access shaft to the upper berths andextends accordingly from the floor to the root' of the car. Thisanteroom can be completely shut olt from the sleeping berths situatedbelow. On the other hand, the upper berths must be again shut oil fromthe anteroom so that the condition mentioned in the beginning is'lultilled.

The anterooin can. adjoin the corridor, and the upper berths extend thenin the longitudinal direction along the corridor. The lower berths areaccessible from the corridor in the usual manner. Such an access ispreferably also provided direct to the a nte room from the corridor, inorder to allow the passengers using the upper berths, to get, in an.emergency, into the corridor, without having to pass through the lowerberths.

The anteroom could be iliurther arranged at the outside wall of the carwhich is away from the corridor. It is then preferably arrangedsynnnetrically of the transverse partition of a double compartment andaccessible only through the single compartments.

lVhile. in the former case two upper sleeping berths branch oil from.the anteroom, in the latter case provided. only one upper berth whichsituated above the partition of the lower sleeping berths and projectsover the corridor. The upper sleepin berth would be reached accordinglyfrom oneo'l. the lower compartments through the ante room. Also, in thiscase, it possible to provide a direct communicationbetween the uppersleeping berth and the corridor, by providing, for instance, in thelateral wall ol the upper sleeping berth, which is sitaated above thecorridor, an mooning that can be closed and from which can bemanipulated an emergency ladder or the like leading to the corridor.

The system of the anteroom could be iur ther arranged in a particularlysuitable manner in. order to form double compartments in whichaltogether six day seats, and accordingly six sleeping berths aw agtinarranged inv such a manner that the sleeping berths are shut o'lf iiromeach other.

To that end, according to the invention,

between the single compartments of two day seats each, interposed a'lurther compartment with two day seats, which is acc iblc from thefirst mentioned con'lpartmenLs and the seats oi which are arranged inthe lore gitudiual direction of the n. rear wall of this compartmcnt andthe .inside wall. ot the corridor, are arranged side by side threeantcrooms which are accessible from the corridor and are shut off fromthe lower 'cmmoartments. l rom those ante rooms, acccs can be gained toeach of the upper berths which are arranged directly above, and in thesame 'ay as the lower berths.

On the other hand the room (or rooms) between. the day seats of twodouble con'lpartments may be in the fornrof two completely independentsleeping berths each having separate access from the corridor and from3etn'cen the the day compartments, the beds of which are arranged aboveeach other in the same way as cabin berths, while the washing'anddressing room has full height. To .the berths themselves is thereforeallotted half the height of this room. It is a. matter, therefore, ofarranging one bed only at a relatition (Z.

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tivety small height, and the low height above the bed is not a drawbackas the passenger has available the full height of the room for washingand dressing.

The different constructions according to the invention are illustratedby way of example in the accompanying drawing in which i Figures 1 and2each show one possible arrangement of a single anteroom, in plan,

Figure 3 shows a third possible arrangement with several anterooms inplan,

Figure 4 is a corresponding cross-section in the direction of the lineI-I of Figure 3,

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section through a double compartment in thedirection of line II I I of Figure 3, I

Figure 6 shows part of the car in plan illustrating the two superposedberths according to a fourth possible arrangement of theroomsasp'roposed by theinvention,

Figure 7 is a corresponding cross-section in the direction of lineIII-III of Figure 6,

Figure 8 is a corresponding longitudinal section taken in the directionof line 1VIV of Figure 6 looking in the direction of the arrows.

or corridor from which access can be gained to each of the doublecompartments 6 which are each providedwith a day seat 0 intended for two.persons. In each double compartment is provided a transverseparsymmetrically of the said partition, in the construction of Figure 1,the corridor a is adjoined, according to the invention, by an anteroom efor each double compartment, which anteroom in its turn is accessiblefrom each of the compartments I) through. doors 7. A third door 9* leadsas an emergency door from the anteroom into the corridor (0. Thisanteroom forms a vertical shal't traversing the inner space of the Fromthis space the upper berths h are accessible through openings which canbe closed. If desired, the anteroom could also be utilized for dressingand undressing. The uppersleeping berths are reached in the well-knownmanner by. ladders or the like.

In the case of Figure 2, the anteroom e is situated at the outside wallwhich is away from the corridor (1. It is therefore no longer directlyaccessible from the corridor. In such a case, to each double compartmentis allotted only one upper berth 71. extending in the transversedirection, which thus situated above the partition (A and extends overthe corridor. This latter convenience can be utilized in order to getfromthe upper sleeping berth direct into the corridor in also of anemergency.

Accordingly, in the latter case only three sleeping berths are providedfor four day seats. Nevertheless the utilization of the car in thelatter case is still more thorough than in the former. As shown in thecon structions illustrated, the first car has 11 day seats and 14sleeping berths. the latter. of approximately the same length, 15sleeping berths and day seats.

In the case of Figures 3-5, the two double compartments 7) are separatedand between them is arranged a third compartment 1) which is alsoprovided with two day seals 0' and is accessible through two doors '1'from the compartments b. The comparlmeius I) themselves adjoin in theusual. manner the corridor 0.

Behind the rear wall. of the compartment 1) are provided three anteroomse 0', c" which are separated from each other by partitions la, the twoouter anlerooms being accessible through doors f from the compartmentsZ). Moreover, one access each y, g g is provided to the corridor (1. Forthe middle anteroom c", this access is the only one.

These anterooms are also made in the form 01 a shaft and are intendedfor reaching the upper berths It, 71F, h situated in the same positionabove the lower berths 0 and 0, with the assistance of ladders or thelike. One of the persons using the day seats 0 passes, therelore,through the doors f into the anteroom e or e and climbs from there tothe upper berth h or it". The passenger occupying the day seat 0' assecond person, gets to his night berth through the anteroom The doorsand g form emergency doors for the upper berths l1 and h. Also in thiscase all the rooms are accordingly shut off from each other or can beshut off, and there are as many sleeping berths as day seats, and at thesame time the sleeping car is utilized to the fullest possible extent.lVhile, at present, in a standard sleeping car with four doublecompartments, there are only 20 sleeping berths for the second class, orten sleeping berths for the first class, and two second class passengersmust always sleep together in one compartment, in a car according toFigures 21 5, twenty four second class passengers can be carried on dayseats, for whom are provided also twenty four completely separatesleeping berths. If the car is used entirely as a first class car, therewill be available 12 seats and as many sleeping berths.

As indicated in Figures 4 and 5, the upper sleeping berths could. beshut ofii, for instance, by means of rolling slnjltters Z which could belocked from the inside in any desired. suitable manner.

With the arrangement shown in Figures (i-S two bedrooms m, a areprovided between the day-seats or lower berths c of the doublecompartments 5. Room m is accessible through door f :trom the left-handcompartment and. also through door g from the side corridor. The accessfrom the corridor (t to room a is effected through the door while room ais accessible from the righthand conipartment 7) through door Thebedrooms m and n are shut cit from each other and are each providedwith. a bed m and a, respectively, and also with a washstand 2, g. Theintermediate wall r between the two bedrooms 122, and a is arranged soas to have a Z shaped cross-section as shown in Fig. 7. The bed m issituated above the bed aand both beds are arranged in the longitrulinaldirection of the car while the berths in the com partments l) are formedby the day seats arranged in the transverse direction of the car in theknown manner.

The berth m projects, so to say, into the room 11, and is a little abovethe floor of this room. As will be seen more particularly 'lirom liigure'7 the passenger has available for dressing and undressing or washing aspace, which has the full height of the car, while only the space aboveeach of the beds m in d a has half the height of the car.

In so far as each compartment I) is used only by one passenger theinvention makes it possible to use the compartments 7) exclusively asday compartn'ients and to place the rooms m and n at the disposal of thepassengers as sleeeping berths: In the compartments Z) themselveswashstands s are provided in the known manner, which are situated withinthe walls a shutting oh the bedrooms 212. and a from the compartmen l).

I claim:

1. In a sleeping car, a corridor arranged at one side of the car, aplurality o'l. double compartments each accessible from the corridor, aroom between the day seats oi? each oi: said compartments, the said roombeing separated from the said. compartmtmts and said corridor, and aseparate access to the said room from. the said compartments.

2. In a sleeping car according to claim 1, an upper berth for said room,and the latter being in the form. oil a shalt, only providing access tothe said. upper berth and adapted. to be shut oil from the saidcompartments.

3. In a sleeping car according to claim 1, two upper berths to whichaccess is 11 ad from said room extending in. the longitudinal directi onalong the corridor, the said room being situated between said berths andadjoining the corridor.

4. In a sleeping car according to claim 1, two upper berths to whichaccess is had from said room extending in the longitudinal. directionalong the corridor and partly extending over the day seats of the saidcompartments, the said room being situated between said berths andadjoining the corridor.

5. In a sleeping car according to claim 1,

an upper berth. communiralting with. said.

room, and the latter being in the shape oi? a shaft only adapted. toprovide access to the said upper berth and accessible through the said.conmartments.

6. In a sleeping car, a corridor arranged at one side, a plurality ofconu artments each accessible from the corridor, a 'furtlu-u compartmentbetween each two of the first named compartments only accessible fromthe adjoining compartment, the day seat of said. further compartmentbeing arranged in the longitudinal direction of the car.

7. In a sleeping car, a cmridor arrangei'l at one side, a plurality oi:first compartmcnts each accessible trom the corridor, a secondcompartment arranged between each two of said first compartnlents, ineach of: said second. com iiartmc-rnts two day seats arranged in thelongitudinal direction of the car, a small. room between the rear wallof each second conmartment and the corridor, and an upper berthaccessible through said room, the said upper berth being shut o'lit fromthe interior of'the said compartments and the said room being accessiblefrom said. corridor.

8. In a sleeping car according to claim 7, wherein the said upper berthis arranged above the day seat of the said second compartment and in thesame direction as the day seat.

9. In a sleeping car, a corridor arranged at one side, a plrurality o'tfirst compartments each. accessible from the corridor, a secondcompartment arranged between. each two oi? said first compartnrents, ineach of said second coiapartments two day seats arranged. in thelongitlulinal .direction of the car, a. plurality of upper berthsarranged above the day seats oi the said first and second. compartmentsand in the same direction as the day seats, andv a room between the rearwall. of each second compartment and said corridor, the said. upperberths being shut oil? from the interior oi the said compartmcnts andaccessible through said room. and. the said room being accessiljde fromsaid corridor and the adjoining first coiapartments.

10. In a. sleeping car, a corridor arranged at one side, a plurality offirst compartments each accessible from the corridor, a secondcompartment arranged between each two of said first compartments, ineach of said second compartments two day seats arranged in thelongitudimil direction of the CL, an upper berth arranged above the dayseat of each second compartment and in the same direction as the dayseat, the said berths befrom said corridor, and the other rooms beingadapted to be shut off from the interior ing each accessible from one ofsaid first of said compartments, three rooms arranged compartments andsaid corridor. 10 side by side between the rear Wall of said Intestimony whereof: I have hereunto 5 second con'ipartment and saidcorridor, each afliXed my signature.

said room providing access to one of said berths, the middle room beingaccessible ANTON LUNEBURG.

